Editorial illustration · Lagos

Pictures that argue,
whisper, and sing
on the page.

Editorial illustration for publications and independent artists, in gouache, digital, and usually both.

Commissions open for Q2 2026

Mira Okafor in her Lagos studio, holding a gouache palette beside a half-finished illustration.
Studio, Lagos, 2024

Selected works

A small gallery, curated like a print issue.

Cover illustration for The New Yorker showing a lone reader under a sodium streetlamp, rendered in warm gouache.
Night Reader The New Yorker · Cover · 2024
Editorial illustration for The Atlantic depicting a cracked column of text forming a human figure.
The Unquiet Column The Atlantic · Feature · 2024
Album cover artwork of a desert bird perched on a dial telephone, gouache on paper.
Call Across the Kalahari Album cover · Indie release · 2024
Book jacket illustration of a garden overtaken by letters, hand-lettered title at top.
The Overgrown Alphabet Book jacket · Faber & Faber · 2023
Double-page editorial spread with three figures gathered around a table of maps.
Cartographers of the Small Hours Editorial spread · 2023

About

Hi, I'm Mira.

I make editorial illustrations from my studio in Lagos, currently for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and a handful of book publishers and musicians I admire.

I work in gouache and digital, usually both. Commissions: open for Q2 2026. For press, prints, or brand partnerships, get in touch below.

Based
Lagos, Nigeria
Medium
Gouache & digital
Clients
Editorial, publishing, music
Available
Q2 2026 onward

Get in touch

Tell me about the assignment.

Briefs, deadlines, and formats welcome. I reply to most notes within two working days.

Or email directly: mira@miraokafor.com